Data-Driven Marketing: Now more than ever before in marketing history, data-driven marketing is both possible and imperative for success. A recent B2C article notes: "In the last couple of years, we've seen enterprises consciously working on and embracing data-driven business strategies. It has been declared as one of the most important evolutionary steps in marketing history as you can understand the data you acquire, you can get the data you desire, and organize it to gain certain business objectives. This is exactly what will revolutionize digital marketing in the days to come."
Taking advantage of the analytic tools at your disposal, use the data you collect to make decisions now about the direction of your marketing message in the coming year.
Customer-Centric Campaigns: The trend toward a more customer-centric approach to marketing is likely to continue unabated in 2017. The simple truth is that your customers, now more than ever before, expect and demand a high degree of personalization in your marketing messages.
Reaching your customers when, where, and how they want to be reached is the gold standard for customer-centric marketing. Therefore, it is necessary to ensure that customers receive the same user experience regardless of where and how they encounter your brand.
Bolstering Your Brand Message: Since your target audience likely interacts with your brand across multiple channels, platforms, and even devices, your 2017 digital marketing strategy must be versatile while still brand-consistent.
Why is brand consistency so important both now and in the future? A recent Ground Report article notes simply: "Building a good brand can produce free and low-cost leads along with improved sales."
Now is an excellent time to ensure that your branding message is consistent across all digital channels. For instance, you can assess whether your social media marketing campaigns integrate fully with your website content. Ask yourself, "Does a customer coming to my website from a social media link see the content he or she expects to see, or is my marketing message muddled?"
Harnessing the Power of Video: Now is also an excellent time to review your plans for video production in 2017. According to Hubspot, video in an email leads to a 200-300 percent increase in click-through rates, and including video on a landing page increases conversions by 80 percent. If you are not taking advantage of the power of video to engage your customers, now is the time to begin.
With 2016 on the way out, it is time to focus attention on winning digital strategies for 2017. Making data-driven marketing decisions, choosing a more customer-centric approach, bolstering your brand, and employing video in your campaigns are all components of a strong digital strategy for this year and beyond.
For more tips about digital marketing trends, please contact us today. We look forward to partnering with you to design and deploy digital campaigns in the coming months that will set you up for even greater success in 2017.